Hirsh and Hardwicke Take on Modern-day Hamlet
Emile Hirsh (Milk) and Twilight's ex-director Catherine Hardwicke have teamed up with Overture Films to remake Shakespeare's Hamlet.
DVD Invasion This Week
Prepare yourself for a couch-potato coma! Academy Award winners and nominees like Milk and Rachel Getting Married, and highly-successful films like Happy-Go-Lucky and Let the Right One In premiere on DVD this week.
Madea Locksdown Number One
Tyler Perry’s Madea busts out of the slammer grossing $41.1 million last weekend, leaving all the other movies in the big house.
And the Oscar Winners Are ...
Slumdog Millionaire was the night's big winner, taking home eight of the ten awards for which it was nominated, while The Curious Case of Benjamin Button had the most nominations going in to the evening, but landed just three awards for its visual achievements.
"Taken" Scores Winning Touchdown This Weekend
Taken raked in $24.6 million, making it the second-biggest Super Bowl weekend opener and knocking Paul Blart: Mall Cop to the runner-up spot after two weeks on top.
SAG Award Winners
The Screen Actors Guild Awards were held last night, and the big winners included NBC’s 30 Rock, which picked up three wins, and Heath Ledger won for his supporting role in The Dark Knight.
Oscar Nominees Announced
The nominees for the 81st Annual Academy Awards were announced and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button lead the pack with 12 nominations, followed by Slumdog Millionaire with 10.
Producers Guild of America Announces Oscar's Blueprint
The PGA’s Best Picture nominees usually foreshadow the Oscars, which is good news for The Dark Knight and Slumdog Millionaire, but bad news for Doubt and Gran Torino.
Dustin Lance Black Pens Milk With Grace
Dustin Lance Black, screenwriter of Milk, had a long, but ultimately rewarding experience creating a script to match the inspirational power of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official, while teaming with producers Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen.
